Order: Anseriformes | Family: Anatidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Male & Female | Loc. Brasil
Age: Adult | Sex: Male & Female | Loc. Brasil
Age: Adult & Chicks | Sex: Female & Unknown | Loc. No Data
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. No Data
Status: The Southern Pochard occurred in coastal wetlands where it has apparently been extirpated or disappeared for unknown reasons. Recent reports of the species include sight records from Mejia Lagoon (T.A. Parker, Hughes 1991). An individual was photographed at Cocha Salvador in Manu National Park (Walker et al. 2006).
Name in Spanish: Pato Morado.
Sub-species: Southern Pochard (Netta erythrophthalma erythrophthalma) Wied, 1833.
Meaning of Name: Netta: Gr. Netta=duck. erythrophthalma: Gr. Eruthros= red and ophtalmos= eyes.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 11/09/2014.